Col. Sherrell, Supt. of Public Buildings and Grounds, has issued an order that bathing suits at the Wash[ington] bathing beach must not be over six inches above the knee

1 photographic print. | Photo shows Bill Norton, the bathing beach "cop", using a tape measure to determine the distance between a woman's knee and the bottom of her bathing suit on a beach in Washington, D.C.

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Bathing Suit Police at the Tidal Basin

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Col. Sherrell, Supt. of Public Buildings and Grounds measuring swimsuits photo – Free Washington d.c. Image on Unsplash

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